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Juventus: Matthijs de Ligt talks about life at the 'candy shop'

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De Ligt and the man who apparently didn't convince him to move to Juve

By Ciaran Varley
BBC Sport

"When I came into the dressing room the first time I was a little bit like a child in a candy shop... 'There's Buffon... there's Ronaldo.'"

It seems as though Matthijs de Ligt reacted in the same way most of us would on arrival at Juventus - the difference being he had just become one of their team-mates.

Here's what else we learned when the 20-year-old Netherlands defender sat down with Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny in an interview broadcast on Polish YouTube channel Foot Truck.

How to pronounce his name

This one was put to bed early. It's 'De Licked' not 'De Lite'.

He struggled with handballs but has now settled

De Ligt ed Juventus from Ajax for £67.5m in July 2019 - and was keen to point out he no longer sees the Italian champions like a sweet shop.

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